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Team Lagos claimed its second gold medal in the men’s judo event, thanks to Akintunde Adewunmi, who defeated Edo’s Joy Ehioba Joy in the female 70Kg. It is recalled that the first gold medal for the host was won by Jide Daniel in the men’s 73kg on Thursday. Akwa Ibom’s Linda Ebere shared the bronze medal with Rivers’ Echi Umar. Earlier, in the 52kg category, Rivers’ Zuwair Umar of defeated Lagos’ Manan Juliet to claim gold. Other gold medalists are Delta’s Ebele Aagha in the female event and Delta’s Jude Solomon in the 81kg. In the men’s 60kg, Delta’s Michael Agbo claimed the gold medal after defeating Lagos’ Mumini Razak. The Delta State women hockey team are through to the quarter final stage of the event at the ongoing National Sports Festival Eko 2012 after handing a 4-1 thrashing to Team Imo. The team, coached by Itinagbedia Michael, made their intention known from the onset, scoring two unreplied goals in the first half of the game. During the second half, the one-sided game continued with Delta scoring two more goals to make it an uphill task for the Imo girls. The consolation goal was scored in the dying minutes of the game. With the result, Team Delta is through to the quarter finals after winning their first match against Team Plateau 2-0 on Thursday. Also through to the finals are Team Rivers and Team Ondo. Team Rivers won their two games 1-0 against Team Adamawa and Team Oyo respectively while Team Ondo are also through after playing a goalless draw against host team, Team Lagos. Team Ondo had earlier on Thursday won their first game against Team Bauchi, with Lagos having a better chance of joining them in the quarter-final stage with a draw or win against Team Bauchi. Meanwhile, Team Ondo might be disqualified from the women Hockey after it was alleged that two of their players are not qualified to partake in the games. The tournament Director, Hockey, Walter Imoedemhe, said it was brought to his notice that two players of Ondo are not qualified to play for the state and he has handed the case to the Secretary of the Hockey Federation to verify the allegation. He said: “What was brought to my attention was issue of two players in Ondo State that their ID card does not belong to them. “So I have instructed the secretary of the Federation to verify from the MOC and after the verification, we will take appropriate decision on the players concerned. “It depends on the findings of the MOC. “Sometimes these ID cards carry the names of the athletes and the photographs are wrong and sometimes the photograph is correct but names wrong. “We need to be careful. “I as a person know very well that all the states have spent a lot of money to bring their athletes here. “It will be unfair to just take a drastic decision without proper investigation.” The group stage of the women hockey games will be completed on Monday. Team Kaduna will be squaring up against Team Anambra, Team Adamawa vs Team Oyo, Team Plateau and Team Imo, host state Team Lagos and Team Bauchi will be squaring up in the last match of the day.